WorksheetsMythology from Lit. Books
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the king of the gods?
a)
Apollo
b)
Zeus
c)
Poseidon
d)
Hades
2.
Who is the goddess of hunting and the moon?
a)
Athene
b)
Hestia
c)
Hera
d)
Artemis
3.
Who is the god of war who had an affair with Aphrodite?
a)
Ares
b)
Hermes
c)
Dionysus
d)
Poseidon
4.
Who is the goddess of agriculture? Her daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and forced to live in the Underworld with him.
a)
Aphrodite
b)
Hera
c)
Hestia
d)
Demeter
5.
Who is the god of fire, goldsmiths, jewelers, masons, blacksmiths, and carpenters? His Roman name is Vulcan.
a)
Hades
b)
Ares
c)
Hephaestus
d)
Zeus
6.
Who is the goddess of wisdom?
a)
Aphrodite
b)
Athene
c)
Artemis
d)
Hestia
7.
Who is the god of the seas who has a trident for a weapon?
a)
Poseidon
b)
Apollo
c)
Hades
d)
Hephaestus
8.
Who is the goddess of love and beauty?
a)
Athene
b)
Hera
c)
Artemis
d)
Aphrodite
9.
Who is the god of the sun, music, poetry, medicine, archery, and prophecy?
a)
Zeus
b)
Dionysus
c)
Apollo
d)
Hermes
10.
Who is the queen of the gods?
a)
Artemis
b)
Hera
c)
Demeter
d)
Hestia
11.
Who is the messenger of the gods?
a)
Hermes
b)
Hephaestus
c)
Ares
d)
Dionysus
12.
Who is the goddess who gave up her throne for Dionysus?
a)
Hera
b)
Athene
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Hestia
13.
Who is the goddess who was married to Hephaestus, but who had an affair with his brother Ares?
a)
Demeter
b)
Aphrodite
c)
Artemis
d)
Athene
14.
Who is the god who limped because his father threw him over the walls of Mt. Olympus?
a)
Hephaestus
b)
Hermes
c)
Ares
d)
Dionysus
15.
Who is the goddess who came out of Zeus's head after he had a terrible headache?
a)
Aphrodite
b)
Artemis
c)
Hestia
d)
Athene
16.
Who is the god of the underworld who wore a helmet of darkness and invisibility?
a)
Poseidon
b)
Hades
c)
Zeus
d)
Apollo
17.
What is the name of Mother Earth?
a)
Chaos
b)
Gaea
c)
Eros
d)
Uranus
18.
What is the name of Father Sky?
a)
Chaos
b)
Gaea
c)
Eros
d)
Uranus
19.
What was the first generation of gods called?
a)
Titans
b)
Cyclopes
c)
Monsters
d)
Olympians
20.
Who were the children of Gaia and Uranus who only had one large eye in the middle of teir foreheads?
a)
Titans
b)
Cyclopes
c)
Monsters
d)
Olympians
21.
Who were the children of Cronus and Rhea; the second generation of gods and goddesses?
a)
Titans
b)
Cyclopes
c)
Monsters
d)
Olympians
22.
Who were the other children of Gaea and Uranus who had 50 heads and 100 arms?
a)
Titans
b)
Cyclopes
c)
Monsters
d)
Olympians
23.
Who was the Titan who overthrew his father Uranus?
a)
Gaea
b)
Uranus
c)
Cronus
d)
Chaos
24.
Who ate his own children in an attempt to prevent them from overthrowing him as leader?
a)
Cronus
b)
Uranus
c)
Zeus
d)
Hades
25.
Who poisoned his father and rescued his brothers and sisters who were inside their father's stomach?
a)
Cronus
b)
Uranus
c)
Zeus
d)
Hades
26.
Who controls the length of a mortal's life?
a)
The Furies
b)
The Fates
c)
The Titans
d)
The Olympians
27.
What musical instrument did baby Hermes invent?
a)
piano
b)
flute
c)
guitar
d)
lyre
28.
From which brother did Hermes hide 50 cattle?
a)
Apollo
b)
Artemis
c)
Ares
d)
Hephaestus
29.
What are the "white cattle" that Hermes is now responsible for?
a)
baby blankets
b)
clouds
c)
smoke
d)
albinos
30.
What does Hermes cause mortals to do?
a)
hum
b)
cry
c)
dream
d)
love
31.
Who was Phaethon's father?
a)
Zeus
b)
Apollo
c)
Hermes
d)
Hades
32.
What did Phaethon ask of his father?
a)
to sit on his dad's throne
b)
to live with his dad on Mt. Olympus
c)
to drive his dad's sun chariot
d)
to paint a new constellation in the sky
33.
Who killed Phaethon?
a)
Hades
b)
Poseidon
c)
Apollo
d)
Zeus
34.
What was the punishment Hera gave Echo?
a)
She dissolved Echo into a puddle of water
b)
Echo could only repeat what she heard
c)
Echo's love for Narcissus would not be returned
d)
Hera made Narcissus deformed and ugly
35.
Who did Narcissus, who was punished by Aphrodite, fall in love with?
a)
Echo
b)
a lovely white flower that only grows in the spring
c)
many nymphs who wouldn't return his love
d)
his own reflection in a pool of water
36.
What did Daedalus build so he and his son could escape their captivity?
a)
wings
b)
a sailing vessel
c)
an airplane
d)
a tunnel
37.
When Persephone is with Hades in the Underworld, her mother Demeter is sad; so, what two seasons is it?
a)
spring and summer
b)
summer and fall
c)
fall and winter
d)
winter and spring
38.
Why does Persophone have to stay in the Underworld with Hades?
because...
because...
a)
he was struck with Cupid's arrow
b)
she ate pomegranate seeds
c)
Zeus banished her there
d)
Aphrodite punished Demeter
39.
Why did Pygmalion hate women?
because...
because...
a)
they made fun of his facial features
b)
none were as beautiful as his statue
c)
they were smarter than him
d)
a goddess rejected his love
40.
Who felt sorry for Pygmalion and turned his statue into a real woman?
a)
Aphrodite
b)
Hestia
c)
Athene
d)
Artemis
41.
Why did Denae's father hide her underground and then put her in a box and push her out to sea?
because...
because...
a)
he didn't want her to have a baby who would kill him
b)
she didn't have any powers that were helpful to him
c)
he was hoping Hades or Poseidon would take her as their bride
d)
she publicly disobeyed him
42.
Who did Perseus go to for help before attempting to cut off Medusa's head?
a)
Zeus
b)
Athene
c)
Apollo
d)
Poseidon
43.
The mythological tale of Pandora is similar to the Christian story of...
a)
Daniel and the Lion's Den
b)
David and Goliath
c)
Adam and Eve
d)
Noah's Ark
44.
Pandora's box is an origin tale that explains...
a)
how the Golden Age ended
b)
why jewelry is so tempting to women
c)
how the gods protect humans
d)
how evil entered the world
45.
Why did Zeus eternally punish Prometheus?
because...
because...
a)
Prometheus gave fire to humans
b)
Prometheus was trying to overtake Zeus's kingdom
c)
Prometheus fell in love with Zeus's wife
d)
Prometheus showed humans how to hunt
46.
What part of Prometheus's body did an eagle eat every day as Prometheus's punishment?
a)
his heart
b)
his liver
c)
his brain
d)
his lungs
47.
Why didn't King Midas's wish turn out the way he thought it would?
because...
because...
a)
everyone kept trying to steal his gold
b)
the gold was just fool's gold, not real gold
c)
he couldn't eat or drink
d)
he mistakenly turned himself to gold
48.
Why did Apollo give King Midas donkey ears?
because...
because...
a)
Midas beat Apollo in a musical competition
b)
Midas laughed when he shouldn't have
c)
Midas killed his barber
d)
Midas said the competition wasn't fair
49.
After the flood, what was formed by Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha tossing stones over their shoulders?
a)
humans
b)
animals
c)
vegetation
d)
dry land
50.
Which goddess does Paris give the golden apple to that says "for the most beautiful"?
a)
Athene
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Pandora
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